Can anyone in Europe stop this man? In his continued string of continental victories, Mr. R has won the European Key to the Panda Global house, giving him a complimentary flight to The Big House 6, along with the honor of being a Panda Global member over the course of the tournament. The talent pool was quite a lot smaller for the European leg of this online qualifier, with only 365 entrants compared to the 1669 in the North American qualifiers. Even then, there were a fair few no shows and DQs, making the path to top 64 very easy for some competitors.
Even though Mr. R won yet another European event — mostly using Cloud rather than Sheik I might add — there was a fair amount of drama within top 8. The main standout performance came from the Finnish Little Mac ZartZu, who proceeded to smash his way through most of the competition with his Little Mac. While currently ranked fifth in his homeland, he finished at fourth place overall which is quite the achievement for a character considered near the bottom of the tier list. Elsewhere, Europe’s top Bayonetta and winner of Albion Badr came in second, showing that he is still a threat despite the 1.1.6 nerfs to Bayonetta. The Umbra Witch actually showed up a fair few times in top 8, with over half of the competitors using her in their bracket run so beware of witches when playing in Europe.
Will Mr. R find a permanent team in Panda Global after The Big House 6 concludes or will he return to his search for a top flight team? Who knows but based on his continued domination of the European scene, he certainly deserve a team like Fnatic or Alliance to pick him up. You can watch the VODs of the event over on the Unrivaled Tournaments Twitch and expect the edited versions of all the matches on YouTube very soon.
RESULTS:
1. Mr. R (Sheik, Cloud/Netherlands)
2. Badr (Bayonetta/Netherlands)
3. pM|cyve (Diddy Kong, Bayonetta/Germany)
4. ZartZu (Little Mac, Cloud/Finland)
5. BSD| vyQ (Mario, Bayonetta, Villager/Austria)
5. Space (Corrin, Captain Falcon, Bayonetta/Netherlands)
7. Spitfire (Bayonetta/Germany)
7. Miles (Diddy Kong/Germany)
Sources: Unrivaled Tournaments, smash.gg